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United Arab Emirates · B1/B2

Visitor – business or tourism · For short visits to the U.S. for business meetings (B-1) or tourism, family visits and medical treatment (B-2). Most visitor visas are issued as a combined B-1/B-2.

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B1/B2 visas issued to people from United Arab Emirates · February 2026
803

That is 189 fewer than in January 2026 (992) — -19.1%.

B1/B2 visas made up 71.9% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 77.0% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-19.1% vs January 2026 (992)+1.9% vs February 2025 (788)

All published months together: 63,029

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United Arab Emirates · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 2025533
  • Jan 2026992
  • Feb 2026803
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  • Jan 2026 is 459 (86.1%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 270 (50.7%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 533992803
Total533992803
Total visas issued
11,151
Latest 12 months · United Arab Emirates · B1/B2

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9131.3K1.1K1K1K949905922661533992803
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  1. B1/B211,151
  2. A21,997
  3. F1548
  4. D151
  5. A166
  6. J155

United Arab Emirates · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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  • 202511,117
  • 20261,795
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Month20252026Change
January973992 +2.0%
February788803 +1.9%
March913––
April1,273––
May1,143––
June1,048––
July1,009––
August949––
September905––
October922––
November661––
December533––

When is it busy? United Arab Emirates · B1/B2

Busiest month: August (9.7% of a typical year). Quietest: December (5.3%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Average of 4 full years (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Each bar is that month's share of the year's total. Years with missing months are left out. It shows when visas are issued, not when people apply.

United Arab Emirates · B1/B2: all published months

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05K10K15K20K2021partial20222023202420252026partial

“partial” means fewer than 12 months have been published for that period.

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YearIssuances
2021 partial2,901
2022 13,985
2023 17,521
2024 15,710
2025 11,117
2026 partial1,795